BEAUMONT, Texas - Lamar University Director of Track & Field and Cross Country
Trey Clark is adding to his coaching staff for both sports this upcoming season. The Cardinals are pleased to welcome Fabien Corbillon and Matthew Lepine, who will be assistant coaches for the track and field team, while Lepine will also serve as the cross country coach.
"I am beyond excited to welcome Fabien and Matthew to Cardinal Country," said Coach Clark. "Both coaches bring a lot of experience with them to Lamar, and I'm very excited about the future of our multi-event and distance athletes. It will be an honor to work with these two every day.
Corbillon spent last season at the University of Maine following stops at Kansas State, North Texas, Texas State, Wright State, Florida A&M, and Lakeland University. During his stint with KSU, he coached three All-Americans, three regional qualifiers, and one Olympic Gold medalist in Eugene Omalla. As an assistant coach at Texas State, he coached the Bobcats to seven team championships (five women, two men), two USATF National qualifiers, five All-Americans, 26 Sun Belt conference title winners, 27 NCAA Regional qualifiers, and 63 all-conference honorees.
For nine seasons at WSU, Corbillion served as both an assistant and later head coach for the Rowdy Raiders' track and field team. During his time there, he produced 20 Horizon League Champions, 203 Wright State records, nine Horizon League records, and the school's first-ever All-American and NCAA Regional qualifier in Tiffany Brigham. He also served as a volunteer assistant in two seasons at FAMU, helping to lead the Rattlers' men's team to both the 2005 indoor and outdoor MEAC championships.
A former track and field athlete himself, Corbillon was a decathlete who competed in multiple French National Championships, including a decathlon regional title in 1998. He holds a Bachelor's in Sports and Physical Education from the University of Orleans in France and a Master of Science in Kinesiology from Lakeland.
Lepine makes his arrival in Beaumont after serving the last two years as a track and field and cross country coach at Minnesota. In his time with the Gophers, he has coached a Big Ten champion and bronze medalist in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, a silver medalist in the 1,500m, one second-team All-American, four all-region runners, one U20 World Cross Country qualifier for Team USA and guided the women's cross country team to the NCAA Championships in 2024.
Lepine earned a Master's in Sport and Exercise Science at UMN, but also has a bachelor's in psychology from Providence College. He ran cross country member at both schools, placing seventh with the Friars in the Big East Championships, and reached the NCAA Midwest Regionals while at Minnesota.
